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Strabane Stone Circle Complex is a prehistoric stone circle monument comprising a standing stone and two distinct stone circles, located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The site sits on bedrock of Argyll Group quartzite, a hard metamorphic rock formed during the Neoproterozoic period, which has weathered to create the stony terrain characteristic of this upland area. The monument is protected as a scheduled historic monument under Historic Environment Division reference 14042.
Stone circles represent a widespread tradition of ritual and ceremonial practice across Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain and Ireland, typically constructed between 3500 and 1000 BC. Double stone circle complexes such as this one are less common than single circles, suggesting a site of particular significance to prehistoric communities. The presence of a standing stone alongside the circles indicates multiple phases of construction or a deliberately composite sacred landscape.
The quartzite bedrock would have provided abundant building material for constructing the stone circles, and its pale colour would have made the monument visually distinctive in the landscape. The monument survives as evidence of prehistoric ritual activity and community organisation in the Strabane area, contributing to our understanding of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement and religious practice across the north of Ireland.
Standing stone & two stone circles is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14042. View the official record →
Strabane Stone Circle Complex is a prehistoric stone circle monument comprising a standing stone and two distinct stone circles, located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14042.
Standing stone & two stone circles dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a stone circle complex. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Standing stone & two stone circles is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 14042.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Killeen (2.3 km), Giant's grave. wedge tomb & stone circle (4.3 km), Five stone circles (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Standing stone & two stone circles's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Standing stone & two stone circles stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is quartzite.